Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 139



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139. The End of Evolution (2)

I immediately understood what she meant by that.

“Orc?”

-If you look at only physical performance, orcs are stronger than humans, but… their intelligence is lower, right?

No matter how strong a body you have, it’s all useless if you lose your intelligence.

That’s why orcs were an inappropriate target for human evolution.

“Hmm.”

Hyunseong stroking his jawbone.

Listening to Seol-ah’s words, I thought it was a really plausible guess.

They are wise, good at using magic, and superior to humans in many ways.

There is no greater goal for humans.

“It’s the 7th floor.”

I don’t think it’s anything to worry about now that I haven’t even reached the 6th floor, but I’m starting to think it might be quite annoying.

At that time, the group that had been chasing the escaped plum blossom inspectors returned.

Seoian sighs softly.

“Those guys who ran away are incredible.”

From what he said, it seemed like he couldn’t catch everything.

I never thought she would miss me even though she followed me.

Han Ji-hyun sighed softly and looked at Baek-woon’s fallen body.

“What the hell is going on?”

She mutters as if she still can’t believe that a person can turn into a monster.

However, since it happened right before my eyes, I couldn’t deny it even if I wanted to.

When I told the group the story I had heard from Seol-ah, the Awakened ones looked astonished.

“Really… the association was doing that?”

“With a high probability.”

“That can’t be…”

Han Ji-hyun and Han Ji-soo, they also knew that the world doesn’t always turn cleanly.

However, behind the abyss, they too could not help but be astonished.

Unlike the lab I saw on the 4th floor, it is even more impactful because there are results.

“You’re not that surprised, are you?”

Luke shrugged and grumbled at his own question.

“I’m quite surprised. I didn’t know the rumors were true.”

“rumor?”

“Since I travel alone, I pay special attention to gathering information.”

A rumor that spreads secretly like a ghost story.

In each floor of the labyrinth, there were areas where there were no particularly strong monsters, but where missing people frequently occurred.

Since the missing person was never found anywhere after that, he was assumed to have died and there were discussions about the cause.

“There are strong boss monsters that haven’t been discovered yet, and it’s just a vagrant’s work.”

There were numerous guesses, but no clear answer.

Among those rumors, there was also an absurd rumor that someone was kidnapping Awakened people and using them as test subjects.

The rumor that seemed the most false turned out to be true.

“Besides, I never thought it would be the association that did that.”

I don’t completely believe in the Labyrinth Society’s motto, “For the Awakened,” but there’s a limit to cracking pumpkin seeds.

They never imagined that they would be mocked to this extent.

“But… it got difficult.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“You guys, I mean.”

Hyunseong sighed softly at Han Jisoo’s question with a calm expression.

I wonder if you still don’t fully understand the situation.

“We’re monsters so it doesn’t matter, but you guys are Awakened.”

“…ah.”

There is no way they would protect them as fellow human beings.

It was assumed that information about the sisters and Luke would also leak to the Association.

If that’s the case, then it means that the three of them will also be at odds with the association in the future.

“… What should I do?”

It was nothing short of crazy to confront the Labyrinth Association within the Labyrinth.

Because they could have put a bounty on themselves as vagrants.

Even if I said no, the other Awakened ones wouldn’t believe me.

“are you okay!”

Leah’s voice cracked with confidence at the worried tone in her voice.

I wonder if there is any good way.

“If you’re my sisters, you can live at my house! It’ll be fun to live together!”

“… … ”

“Unnies? Then, what about me?”

“I don’t like you, sir.”

“That’s too much.”

“Besides, men were strictly prohibited in our house!”

“Then I want to go even more.”

“Are you going to get in trouble with your mom?”

“Oh, I got scolded by a succubus… How?”

Luke seemed quite relaxed as he joked around and chatted.

“You ladies don’t have to worry too much. The Association guys can’t always monitor the entire labyrinth.”

“Is that so?”

“If that’s the case, then that’s fortunate…”

“There are also cases where wanted vagrants wander in and out of the Labyrinth City.”

I guess it’s a difference in experience.

Unlike them, who had grown up only by hunting monsters after awakening, Luke mainly caught vagabonds and handed them over to the Association, so he had to be quite knowledgeable about this kind of information.

Besides, I’m pretty confident in acting in secret as much as I can on my own.

‘It’s more useful than I thought?’

-I know.

It was helpful in many ways, proving that it wasn’t a good idea to solo play through a difficult labyrinth.

Did he read my own thoughts?

Luke said to Hyunseong with a sly smile.

“Am I of any use?”

“That’s true.”

“Then give me some bonus.”

“…bonus?”

Even if it’s a bonus, what do you mean I should give it?

Should I just give him money or should I reduce the amount of time he’s aiming for my neck from 6 billion to 5 billion?

‘Let’s talk about the details later.’

I can’t just stay here forever.

I decided to move for now.

So that’s how it is-

“We finally arrived.”

The volcano where the Ifrit has finally arrived.

-It feels like it took forever.

‘therefore.’

It hasn’t been that long, but it feels like it’s been a long time.

How can so many things happen in such a short period of time?

-You and Ian are joining us this time. I’m going to have the worst luck ever.

‘It was news I didn’t want to know at all.’

As we continued our conversation towards the crater, lava came into view.

Rather than feeling like it would not be strange for a volcano to erupt at any moment, it feels like looking at a calm lake.

If the crater had been filled with water rather than lava, it would have felt like a real volcanic lake.

Hwaruk.

A small flame rose from the lava and began to grow, gradually taking on the shape of a human being.

and,

“You’re early. Have you already bought some flowers?”

“Oh, thanks to that, the 5th floor was destroyed.”

“The volcano erupted and the fire energy overflowed even more, so my strength recovered even faster.”

“Oh, really?”

It was nice to hear that.

If a friendly being were to recover, it would be useful in many ways.

“There are more beings I’ve never seen before. But…”

Ifrit glanced at Hyunseong’s group.

The gaze stopped at the place where the three Awakened Ones were.

“The number of awakened people has increased.”

Ifrit muttered in a discontented voice.

As for Ifrit, who had once been captured by the Awakened One, he could not look upon it kindly.

If they hadn’t come with Hyeonseong, they would have attacked before even revealing themselves.

“This is my group. Don’t touch them.”

“…i get it.”

An answer that is difficult to understand, but gives the feeling of being convinced.

Hyunseong took out the volcanic flower he had kept.

“The volcano flower you mentioned. Is this it?”

“right.”

“Take it.”

“Just put it in the lava.”

“okay?”

As soon as he threw it, the volcanic flower splashed and began to sink into the lava lake.

Hyunseong stares blankly at it.

“You don’t eat it or anything, you just melt it?”

“In the first place, the spirit’s core is its main body, so it can’t do things like consume, so it absorbs it in that way.”

At Seoian’s words, Ifrit’s gaze turned to her.

It seemed that Ifrit had figured out Seoian’s true identity right away.

“It’s been a while….”

“As expected of a spirit, I recognized it right away.”

“Because it has the blessing of fire that I gave you engraved on it. But… how did you end up becoming a banshee?”

Even the spirits who had lived for many years were looking at her with curiosity, as if they were seeing her for the first time.

“Then I think it’s time to start giving compensation.”

“I see. There was a reward. Is there something you want?”

“What can I give you?”

To be honest, I couldn’t help but ask because I wasn’t aiming for anything.

A guy who calls himself a spirit wouldn’t bargain.

Even so, if Seol-ah and Seo-ian are there, they will weigh the value appropriately.

“What I wanted to give you was the blessing of fire and the essence of fire.”

“What is that?”

I could guess what it was just by hearing the name, but I didn’t really have a clue how to use it.

As I stared blankly at Seo-Ian, she opened her mouth as if she knew what I meant.

“The blessing of fire can be said to grant resistance to fire types and the superpower to control fire itself.”

“Even if you’re undead?”

“Even if you’re undead. You could say that your weaknesses have disappeared.”

“Not bad.”

Up until now, I’ve only faced enemies stronger than me in terms of specs, so I’ve been overshadowed by my physical strength, but in fact, fire-type attacks are fatal to the undead.

“What is the essence of fire?”

“It has many uses, but let me tell you the most useful one… It’s one of the materials that can release Seol-ah’s final seal.”

-What, really?!

“uh.”

Seoian’s expression as she nodded was subtle.

As if I never expected to get this.

In fact, if you only consider the rarity, the spirit essence is harder to obtain than the dragon’s magic stone.

“okay?”

“Aside from strength, spirits are harder to meet than dragons. Unlike dragons, spirits aren’t interested in worldly affairs.”

However, dragons occasionally show interest in worldly affairs and interact with some humans or make appearances.

However, she had wandered the world in the past and had encountered dragons, but had never encountered spirits.

-The spirits’ only interest is in sealing the giants. The giants can’t even control their own power, but they’re so greedy that they try to eat the spirits.

It was safe to assume that the spirit was maintaining the giant’s seal in order to survive.

“Come to think of it, didn’t you say that the seal was unstable?”

“what?!”

Seoian, who was next to him, opened his eyes wide at his words.

She had also heard about the giant’s seal.

“That seal is unstable?”

“I heard that last time.”

“My head hurts.”

It was obvious that if the giant were released, a catastrophe would occur.

The moment the seal is released, no one will be able to set foot on the 5th floor.

-It’ll be okay for now. Ifrit said it was a temporary measure.

“Why did the seal become unstable?”

-I don’t know, maybe the seal got messed up while moving between dimensions.

“Okay.”

I vaguely remember hearing an explanation about seals from a dragon in the past.

A seal that imprisons a giant that will destroy the world.

The foundation of that seal was laid by dragons…

“It’s you.”

-yes.

It was a seal created after much thought and brainstorming with the dragons.

“How can’t the seal be fixed?”

-I can’t say anything because I haven’t seen the seal. Besides, even if I did see it and figure out the problem, I wouldn’t be able to do anything in the current situation.

Because he himself is sealed.

Seoian sighed at Seol-ah’s words.

“I need to quickly unseal this guy.”